English pronunciation · Words Starting with F
Forests Pronunciation
Forests is pronounced FAW-ruhsts, IPA /ˈfɔrəsts/.
FAW-ruhsts
US /ˈfɔrəsts/ · UK /ˈfɒrɪsts/
Syllables: FAW · ruhsts (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (plural): Large areas thickly covered with trees.
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Forests in a Sentence
- The forests north of the lake are protected.
- Two forests were lost to fire that August.
- Pine forests cover most of the slope.
Common Mispronunciations of Forests
Not faw-RESTS
Front weight, and the second beat blurs into ruhsts.
Not FAW-ruhs
Careful speech sounds the whole sts cluster, though running speech often loses the t inside it.
Tip: Forest has two beats and forests keeps two, since the plural adds only consonants.
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